Improved fabric for head-coverings



To all whom t't 'may concernk same. v

This invention relates to a fabric which is prepared by taking cloth or any other suitable fabric, dipping V aniuds agatwt can.

EUGENEARNHEIM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

i Letters Patent No. 106,024, till-ted August 2, 1870.

fmrnovnn FABRIC? ron HEAD-COVERInTG-S.

The Schedule referred to'in these Letters Patent and making part of the same Be it known that I, EUGENE ARNH'EIM, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Fabric forHead-Ooveri-ngs and 'other Articles; and I do jhereby declare the, following i to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart to make and use the the samein or coatingit with copal varnish, or in any other varnish of suitable consistency, then covering its surface withga compound of flock and flour, and,

lin zilly, coating the whole with a paste made of starch andwax, spermaceti, or paraffine, and then exposing the fabric to-a pressurein dies of any desirable formation,

which are gently heated, insuch a manner that, by the snrface paste, a certain gloss and semi-transparency are imparted to the fabric, and, by the action of the dies,

- the fabric can be mum imitate horse-hain straw, or

any othermaterial.

In carrying out iny invention, I take a piece of muslin, 'bu'ckram, or other suitable material, and coat the same with c'opal or other varnish, by dipping it in the varnish, or by spreading the varnish over it 'with a brush orotl'ierwise.

Before the varnish'is'dry, I apply my compound of flock and flour, said compound being inade of one part of fine fiour, two parts of flock, and onepart of the desired coloring matteij all perfectly dry'and'iu the formof powder; the-varnished fabric being either dipped into this compound, or the compound being sifted-over the fabric. I

Aftcrthe varnish has dried, the surplus flock compound is brushed off, and then I apply a paste made of starch andspermaceti, )araffiue, or wax, one part of wax or spermaceti, or parafline, being-mixed, in a melted state, with twenty parts of starch, while the paste is making. r

The fabric, prepared as previouslydescribed, and having been covered with the paste or surfacing compound, is then subjected to the action of dies gently heated, and, by applying pressure, the desired ornamentation or surface is produced on the fabric.

9 The surfacing compound prevents the fabric from adhering to the dies, while the heat causes the varnish and the flock compound to adhere to the fabric, and, at the same time, the configuration or ornaments represented on the dies are fully brought out, and, by the surface compound, a certain gloss and semi-transpareney are imparted to my fabric, which is necessary for imitating straw, horse-hair, or other fabrics generally used for head-coverings.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letterslateut, is-'- A fabric produced by coating cloth or other fabric with varnish and'a compound of flock and flour, when water-proofed in the manner as herein described. EUGENE ARNHEIM.

1 Witnesses:-

W. H. MELIoK, ll'IARION GRIMES. 

